List of Geelong Football Club coaches

Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)—which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)—in 1897, there have been 31 senior coaches of the Geelong Football Club. To qualify, a coach must have coached the club in at least one senior VFL/AFL match, defined as an Australian rules football match between two clubs that are, or were at the time of the match, members of the VFL/AFL. A senior VFL/AFL match is played under the laws of Australian football, and includes regular season matches, as well as finals series matches. It does not include pre-season competition matches, Night Series matches, interstate matches or international rules football matches. The list is arranged in the order in which each coach first coached a game for Geelong in a senior VFL/AFL match.

Current coach Chris Scott has held the senior coaching position since the 2011 AFL season.

Key

#Number of coaches
GGames coached
WWins
LLosses
DDraws
Win%Winning percentage
GFNumber of VFL/AFL Grand Final appearances
PNumber of VFL/AFL Premierships achieved by the coach
*Player-coach
Caretaker coach
^Premiership coach
*^Player-coach and Premiership coach

Coaches

Figures correct as of end of 2023 season.
#NameSeasonsGWLDWin%GWLDWin%GFPAwards
All gamesFinals
1David Hickinbotham19101911361816252.78
2Bill Eason*19121913372116056.7610100
3Billy Orchard191419117160.5310100
4Bert Taylor19231798052.9410100
5Lloyd Hagger19241688050
6Cliff Rankin*^19251927574512078.9513042511VFL Premiership (1925)
7Tom Fitzmaurice*192826620023.08
8Arthur Coghlan19291930, 19331934804930161.88734042.8610VFL runners-up (1930)
9Charlie Clymo^193121174080.95321066.6711VFL Premiership (1931)
10Reg Hickey^1932, 19361940, 19491959304183118360.69189905043VFL Premiership (1937, 1951, 1952)
VFL runners-up (1953)
McClelland Trophy (1952, 1954)
11Percy Parratt193518611136.11
12Charlie Dibbs*1936734042.82
13Allan Everett19401275058.3310100
14Les Laver1940211050
15Len Metherell194118315016.67
16Tom Arklay19441811705.56
17Jack Williams194520218010
18Tommy Quinn19461948572235038.60
19Bob Davis^195619651167239564.22834143.7511VFL Premiership (1963)
McClelland Trophy (1962, 1963)
VFL Night Series Cup (1961)
20Neil Trezise196310100
21Peter Pianto196619701057034167.14734042.8610VFL runners-up (1967)
22Bill McMaster19711972441232027.27
23Graham Farmer19731975662442036.36
24Rodney Olsson19761979914546049.45312033.33
25Bill Goggin19801982714130057.75514020McClelland Trophy (1980, 1981)
26Tom Hafey19831985663135046.97
27John Devine19861988662837143.18
28Malcolm Blight198919941458956061.381587053.3330McClelland Trophy (1992)
VFL/AFL runners-up (1989, 1992, 1994)
29Gary Ayres199519991166550156.47624033.3310AFL runners-up (1995)
30Mark Thompson^2000201026016196362.5018117061.1132AFL Premiership (2007, 2009)
Jock McHale Medal (2007, 2009)
AFL runners-up (2008)
McClelland Trophy (2007, 2008)
Pre-season Cup (2006, 2009)
31Chris Scott^2011–present30921096368.45281315046.4332AFL Premiership (2011, 2022)
Jock McHale Medal (2011, 2022)
McClelland Trophy (2019, 2022)
AFL runners-up (2020)

AFL Women's Coaches

Figures correct as of end of 2022 (S7) season.
#NameSeasonsGWLDWin%GWLDWin%GFPAwards
All gamesFinals
1Paul Hood2019202123617026.0910100.00
2Daniel Lowther202221912042.8610100.00

References

General
  • "Geelong Coaches Win/Loss Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  • "Geelong Football Club Honour Roll". geelongcats.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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